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Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959)

Description

Body with black dorsal stripe; 7-8 branched dorsal rays; a black midlateral stripe, dispersed as a series of joined blotches posteriorly and connected by bars to dorsal stripe (Ref. 12693).

Common Names

  • Dværgsmerling , Danish , Denmark
  • Chained loach , English , USA
  • Dwarf botia , English , Global
  • Dwarf clawn loach , English , Thailand
  • Dwarf loach , English , Australia
  • Dwarf loach , English , USA
  • Ladderback loach , English , USA
  • Pygmy loach , English , USA
  • Skunk loach , English , USA
  • Kääbusbootsia , Estonian , Estonia
  • Tai kääbusbootsia , Estonian , Estonia
  • Kääpiönuoliainen , Finnish , Finland
  • Schachbrettschmerle , German , Germany
  • Zwergschmerle , German , Germany
  • Pba moo , Laotian , Laos
  • 小沙鰍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小沙鳅 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Bocja karlowata , Polish , Poland
  • Dvärgbotia , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cypriniformes

    Family: Botiidae

    Genus: Ambastaia

    Species: Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins (Ref. 43281) and Maeklong basin (Ref. 58784).

    • Biology

    Occurs in medium to large-sized rivers and flooded fields (Ref. 12975). Found in small muddy lakes and other standing water habitats. Active by day and often schools in some distance above the bottom (Ref. 12693). Feeds on aquatic invertebrates (Ref. 12693). Not fished commercially, but highly regarded as aquarium fish (Ref. 12693).

    Habitat

    demersal